%0 Journal Article
%T Can we prevent cardiovascular diseases in low- and middle-income countries?
%A Lenfant Claude
%J Bulletin of the World Health Organization
%D 2001
%I World Health Organization
%X Ischaemic heart disease, the largest cause of death worldwide, is rapidly becoming a major threat in low- and middle-income countries. Experience in a variety of populations has demonstrated that lowering certain risk factors, such as hypertension and hypercholesterolaemia, reduces illness and deaths from cardiovascular diseases. A dual approach is recommended: screening and intervening in cases of relatively high risk, while fostering population-wide preventive activities. This is both feasible and affordable. Now is the time to make such efforts.
%K Cardiovascular diseases/prevention and control
%K Cardiovascular diseases/drug therapy
%K Myocardial ischemia/mortality
%K Risk factors
%K Primary prevention
%K Developing countries
%U http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862001001000012